Sam Chambers
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Editorial Director of Asia Shipping Media, publishers of Splash, Splash Extra & Maritime CEO
Midi-Pyrénées, France
Joined February 2009
A new study shows a way to calculate when a hull needs to be defouled, so that drydock time can be scheduled optimally, reducing costs and emissions. Pictured, the formation of biofilm over 3 days https://t.co/4DtIjUk9z4
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EU investigation seeks to answer what is the content and scope of the rights to life, liberty and health when applied at sea and who is responsible for protecting them and how
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The European Union is investing in growing protections for persons at sea with the newly established BlueRights project. The study investigates how the most fundamental universal human rights – the...
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'Chinese yards have gained market leadership while the Japanese and Koreans suffered due to higher cost bases and labour shortages. Chinese yards benefitted from policy support, weaker RMB, softer steel prices, & a weak labour market, capping labour costs'
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As it sees its global market share heavily eroded by China, the South Korean government is looking to pool resources among its leading shipbuilders to remain competitive. The Korean government has...
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Emanuele Grimaldi, the chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, writes for Splash today
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Emanuele Grimaldi, the chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, writes for Splash today. In an era marked by growing uncertainty, knowledge and trusted sources are more powerful than ever....
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This pen (made in America) might need an ink refill soon. Trump and all things maritime on day 3 of his return to the White House - all you need to know
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Among sweeping changes brought in by the new Donald Trump administration, a new chairman of regulator, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), has been announced while Coast Guard Commandant Admiral...
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CHART OF THE DAY: Dry bulk doldrums see ships slow to levels not experienced for more than a decade. Our lead story https://t.co/QcEyJfcb6z
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A year is a long time in shipping as new data on global fleet ages clearly shows
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A year is a long time in shipping as new data on global fleet ages clearly shows. Greek broker Xclusiv Shipbrokers has some sobering statistics on the growing vintage state of the global dry bulk and...
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It has now been 429 days that the crew of the Galaxy Leader car carrier have been held hostage by the Houthis in Yemen. However, for the first time during this 14-month incarceration, there is hope that the 25 crewmembers could be freed imminently
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It has now been 429 days that the crew of the Galaxy Leader car carrier have been held hostage by the Houthis in Yemen. However, for the first time during this 14-month incarceration there is hope...
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Wresting back control of the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico and exiting from the Paris Agreement were three of the shipping takeaways in the first hours following the inauguration of Donald Trump yesterday
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Wresting back control of the Panama Canal, renaming the Gulf of Mexico and exiting from the Paris Agreement were three of the shipping takeaways in the first hours following the inauguration of...
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'The reopening of the Red Sea is likely to be gradual, unfolding over months rather than weeks'
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As the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect yesterday, the Houthis of Yemen have provided an update on their Red Sea strategy. The Houthis said yesterday so long as...
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As the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect yesterday, the Houthis of Yemen have provided an update on their Red Sea strategy
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As the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect yesterday, the Houthis of Yemen have provided an update on their Red Sea strategy. The Houthis said yesterday so long as...
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'Trade flows under Trump 1.0 and Biden’s continuation and increasing Trump’s 1.0 into Biden 1.0, have increased, not decreased, trade flows into the US'
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Today marks the end of the Joe Biden administration in the US, one of the most profitable four-year periods for shipping. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the shipping industry has...
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With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the shipping industry has many questions about what the future of global trade holds - our lead today
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Today marks the end of the Joe Biden administration in the US, one of the most profitable four-year periods for shipping. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the shipping industry has...
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Two charts that help explain how China has come to control two-thirds of the world's shipbuilding orderbook
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Skagerak Capital has sold maritime software provider VesselMan to Marcura for an undisclosed sum
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Skagerak Capital has sold maritime software provider VesselMan to Marcura for an undisclosed sum. In partnership with Møkster and Grieg as co-investors, Skagerak Capital scaled VesselMan’s operati...
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Norway is leading Europe when it comes to ways to keep track of merchant shipping passing near its shoreline
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Norway is leading Europe when it comes to ways to keep track of merchant shipping passing near its shoreline. Canada’s Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has recently launched and deployed Norway’s...
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China’s commerce ministry on Friday dismissed a US investigation targeting China’s shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors, describing it as marked by “unilateralism and protectionism”
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China’s commerce ministry on Friday dismissed a US investigation targeting China’s shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors, describing it as marked by “unilateralism and protectionism”. The US...
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'The upcoming alliance reshuffle which could disrupt schedules and official announcement of tariffs after President-elect Trump takes office could arrest the sharp rates decline and keep rates at a relatively high level in 1H25'
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In a fortnight, liner shipping will go through its largest reshuffle in a decade as companies jump ship from existing alliances on the main east-west trades. The only grouping remaining intact come...
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CHART OF THE DAY: The only container grouping remaining intact come February 1, the Ocean Alliance, will also be the one with the largest market share and widest market coverage this year https://t.co/Lisyb2axcb
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